Christina Laflamme

Day 17 – Gawd bless Camping Les Combes in Modane!

Day 17 – Gawd bless Camping Les Combes in Modane!

Day 17 - July 19 - 21 KMS - 6.5 HRS - 320 KMS TOTAL Start: 7:51 AM, Peyra Levrousa, End: 2:35 PM, Modane Ascent: 625 m (17 840 m total), Descent: 1675...

Oct 8, 2024 : Christina Laflamme
Day 16 on the GR5: hungry and agape!

Day 16 on the GR5: hungry and agape!

It has been five weeks since I finished the sometimes dangerous and always stunning 700-kilometre long GR5, including nearly forty thousand meters of ascent. Unfortunately, between all the hiking

Sep 11, 2024 : Christina Laflamme
Day 15 on the GR5

Day 15 on the GR5

Day 15 - July 17th - 15 kilometers - 4.5 hours268 kms total so farStart: 10:07 AM, Refuge de CuchetEnd: 2:37 PM, Refuge du Plan du LacAscent: 715 meters (15...

Aug 20, 2024 : Christina Laflamme
Days 13 and 14 on the GR5…

Days 13 and 14 on the GR5…

There is a slight sour taste to my morning mixture of powdered milk and three instant coffee packets with 400 mL of water; shaken, not stirred. I guess it’s time...

Aug 20, 2024 : Christina Laflamme
Days 7 to 12 on the GR5!

Days 7 to 12 on the GR5!

It is just after six and I have awoken to the call of Nature. Les sanitaires, otherwise known in English as the washrooms, are only 100 metres away here at...

Jul 19, 2024 : Christina Laflamme
The first 6 days on the GR5!

The first 6 days on the GR5!

The feet are mangled; their shape resembles a tightly wrung towel. Withered, wrinkly and snow-white in spots, they ache. The heel spur on my right foot is crying the saddest...

Jul 12, 2024 : Christina Laflamme
The Last Shower

The Last Shower

Unlimited hot water, excellent water pressure, no coin machine to race against or fee to pay, and I can stay under this warm and cleansing spray for as long as...

Jun 29, 2024 : Christina Laflamme